Great Depression Vocabulary

What is this?

• Soup Kitchen

• Line for baseball tickets

• Amusement park admission line

• Bread Line

The worst period of economic decline in the United States history, beginning in 1929

• The New Deal

• The Great Depression

• World War II

• The Fourteen Points

Group of shacks where homeless people lived during the Great Depression

• Hooverville

• Shantytown

• Funkytown

• Bonus Army

The beginning of Roosevelt's term as president was called the....

• Hundred Weeks

• Hundred Hours

• Hundred Days

• Hundred Minutes

What region that was hit by severe drought and dust storms does this map show?

• Fiesta Bowl

• Orange Bowl

• Super Bowl

• Dust Bowl

Where are these people and why?

• In a school cafeteria for a band concert

• In a soup kitchen for a cheap or free meal

• At a BBQ restaurant for a delicious meal

• At a family reunion to celebrate

What is the term for a person or business that is unable to pay back a debt?

• Bankrupt

• Economist

• Hobo

• Robber Baron

What is the day the stock market crashed called that marks the beginning of the Great Depression, October 29, 1929?

• Black Thursday

• Black Francis

• Black Tuesday

• Black n Blue

What is the person who smuggles liquor illegally called?

• Dealer

• Smuggler

• Moonshiner

• Bootlegger

What is the expression for when the stock market is doing well and prices are increasing?

• Bull Market

• Farmers Market

• Bear Market

• Bum Rush